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John V, Duke of Brittany (1339–1399), Duke of Brittany, also known as Jean le Conquéreur; Mehmed II (1432–1481), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; Mahmud Hotak (1717–1725), Afghan Shah of Persia; Thutmose III (c. 1477 BC–1425 BC), Egyptian pharaoh; Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241), King of Denmark
Ancient Egypt was one of the world's first civilizations, with its beginnings in the fertile Nile valley around 3150 BC. Ancient Egypt reached the zenith of its power during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) under great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan ...
Ancient Roman anchorite and Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint 291 – 371: Hugh of Cluny: Abbot of Cluny 1024 – 1109: Isaac of Armenia: Armenian Catholicos c. 354 – 439: James, son of Zebedee [Note 1] One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ: 3 – 44 [76] Joannicius the Great: Byzantine hermit, theologian and saint 752 – 846 [77] Pope ...
The Huns integrated local tribes east of the Urals, among them Sarmatians and the ancestors of the Hungarian conquerors. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Around 830 CE, when Álmos , the future Grand Prince of the Hungarians , was about 10 years old, the seven related tribes ( Jenő , Kér , Keszi , Kürt-Gyarmat , Megyer [ hu ] , Nyék , and Tarján ) formed a ...
In the Aegyptiaca, a history of Egypt written by the Greco-Egyptian priest and historian Manetho in the 3rd century BC, the term Hyksos is used ethnically to designate people of probable West Semitic, Levantine origin. [1] [9] While Manetho portrayed the Hyksos as invaders and oppressors, this interpretation is questioned in modern Egyptology. [10]
Coin depicting Numa Pompilius Attus Navius - famous augur during the reign of Tarquinius Priscus; Lucius Septimius Nestor - writer; Virius Nicomachus Flavianus - late politician; Publius Nigidius Figulus - praetor, scholar; Ninnius Crassus - translator; Marcus Fulvius Nobilior - consul; Nonius Marcellus - lexicographer, grammarian; Gaius ...
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
Lists of ancient kings are organized by region and peoples, and include kings recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) and in mythology. Southern Europe